Nussbaum on the Upfronts

In next week's magazine, New York's Emily Nussbaum chronicles her trips to this week's network upfronts: "With buyers still shaken by the economy, this is the first upfront season in which it’s become impossible to ignore the troubles that riddle the television industry — financial, technological, creative. Automobile ads have dissolved. Cable is ascendant. And none of the default settings are holding." But, hey — free shrimp! [NYM]

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